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Observation of strong and weak thermalization in a superconducting quantum processor
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020602 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- We experimentally study the ergodic dynamics of a 1D array of 12 superconducting qubits with a transverse field, and identify the regimes of strong and weak thermalization with different initial states. We observe convergence of the local observable to its thermal expectation value in the strong-thermalizaion regime. For weak thermalization, the dynamics of local observable exhibits an oscillation around the thermal value, which can only be attained by the time average. We also demonstrate that the entanglement entropy and concurrence can characterize the regimes of strong and weak thermalization. Our work provides an essential step towards a generic understanding of thermalization in quantum systems.<br />Comment: 6+6 pages, 4+8 figures
- Subjects :
- Quantum Physics
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 020602 (2021)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2102.08587
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.020602